Female transgender prisoners will be housed separately from other inmates at a prison in Surrey for the first time in the UK. A wing at HMP Downview, in Sutton, will be used to hold three tr... Read more
People given police cautions or reprimands as children or those convicted of multiple minor offences may not have to disclose them in future after the government lost a legal challenge to th... Read more
The family of the young Guatemalan girl who died in the custody of US border officials after crossing the border is disputing the American government’s claim that she had not had food or wat... Read more
Ethnic minority people have a greatly increased risk of being detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, even when accounting for their increased risk of receiving a diagnosis of a severe me... Read more
Next year, legal aid reaches its 70th birthday. It is a landmark principle that justice should be free to everyone, that publicly-funded legal advice should be available to those accused of... Read more
At a pre-inquest hearing today Judge Sir Peter Thornton QC, was also told that lawyers for some of the bereaved families are seeking unbroadcast footage of the ITV Exposure documentary which... Read more
Revelations that the British state is complicit in torture destroy the lie that Britain is more “civilised” or progressive than other countries. Two reports said that British intelligence ag... Read more
Everybody has “mental health”, but far too many of us have mental health problems. For many years this has existed in a twilight zone, both in society in general and the NHS in particular. Read more
